In the Bible, one of the three wise men gives the newborn Jesus frankincense. Today, the resin is burned as incense in Catholic ceremonies around the world. Photograph by Martin Hartley ...

The heart of any psychic-enhancing incense is its ingredients. Herbs like mugwort and lavender, and resins like frankincense, are revered for their metaphysical properties. Mugwort, for instance ...

and incense. It's also a resin that you find in drinks, food, and gum. For centuries, people have turned to Indian frankincense for belly aches like nausea and indigestion. Some studies suggest ...

frankincense was mainly prized for its use in religious ceremonies as incense, as most varieties have a woody, musky scent thanks to a group of chemicals in the resin called terpenes. At the time ...

Some people like the smell in perfume or incense ... from trees in the Boswellia family. Frankincense oil is prepared by the steam distillation of gum resin from the Boswellia tree.

This resin from Boswellia tree is woven deeply ... Greece and China. This movement of frankincense across the ‘Incense Road’, a trade route, between 300 BC and 200 AD became one of the most ...

The resin’s sweet and musky scent has been ... cool Omani coast during the summer. Image Alshoala frankincense for incense. “When I burn frankincense for our customers, they remember it ...

Frankincense and myrrh, aromatic resins from spindly trees ... resulted in new evidence of the existence of the Incense Road, which was as important to the civilization of the West as the Silk ...

Photograph by Matthieu Paley A particularly highly prized asset was frankincense, “one of the most sought-after commodities in the ancient world,” says historian Michael Macdonald. This resin ...